S2E2: Talking to Al O'Kane - What's it like being a performer in a world without gigs?

For the second episode of 2021 Tom talks to Somerset singer-songwriter Al O’Kane about the challenges of being part of an industry hit so directly by the Coronavirus pandemic. We get into discussion about where healthy self-reflection crosses over into dangerous self-criticism, and the practice of trying to stay on the right side of the line.   Al is a super talented musician whose work can be found in all of the following places: Spotify - https://open.spotify.com/artist/5zmpdEiEKaw8KLvZoNwmEz Apple Music/iTunes - https://music.apple.com/gb/artist/al-okane/1415732862 Al’s website - www.alokane.com Facebook - @alokanemusic Instagram - @alokane And you can support Al by heading to https://patreon.com/alokane   If you find this podcast helpful and would like to support it, along with other important projects, you can do so for as little as £2.40 per month Every donation makes a huge difference and means we can continue bringing you great content. Just head to patreon.com/tomcorneill for more info.   As ever, if you have any questions or suggestions for us please send them to everydayproblemspodcast@gmail.com   Thanks for listening.

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A podcast about the everyday challenges we face as regular human beings. Through the series we aim to discuss stress, depression, grief, redundancy, anxiety, homelessness and more. We hope that by exploring these everyday problems we can shed some light on ways to cope with them and make the world a more comfortable place.